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What British nationals need to do to get married in Japan, including what documents you need.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
How you update the property records when someone dies depends on whether…
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
Apply to the Public Trustee to find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
How someone in Sweden can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How someone in Denmark can get a certified copy of a British passport, obtain documents for marriage purposes and view informative notes.
Form TASD111: Notice of Application for Direction for Succession Tenancy on Death.
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and...
How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Use the IHT419 if you have included a deduction on form IHT400 for any loans, overdrafts, or money spent on behalf of the deceased that is to be repaid out of the estate.
Check whether an exemption may apply to the information you want to request
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
How Business e-services customers can register the death of a joint proprietor through the portal.
When you have to pay Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty or Inheritance Tax on money, shares or property you inherit
Use this form to apply for the alteration of a maintenance agreement after the death of one of the parties.
Use the IHT417 with form IHT400 if the deceased had a permanent home in the UK when they died but had assets outside the UK.
Use the IHT410 with form IHT400 to give details about any life insurance policies, annuities or investment bonds that the deceased made regular monthly or lump sum payments on.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 8 April 2024.
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